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A Cleave Within The Piney Woods: Nacogdoches, Stephen F. Austin State University And How Racial Integration Divided The Town And Gown, Caitlin Hornback

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Stephen F. Austin State University was once the pride and joy of the city of Nacogdoches, Texas. When the Texas State Legislature began to look for a location for their new state normal school, the people of the East Texas town fought to have it built there and the Stephen F. Austin Teacher’s College opened its doors in September 1923 to a proud community. Through the trials and tribulations of early twentieth century events, the school managed to stay afloat and grow in numbers. Dr. Ralph W. Steen became the president of the college in 1958 and he oversaw a …

Moving From Harm Mitigation To Affirmative Discrimination Mitigation: The Untapped Potential Of Artificial Intelligence To Fight School Segregation And Other Forms Of Racial Discrimination, Andrew Gall

Catholic University Journal of Law and Technology

No abstract provided.

Integrating Ethnic Studies In Social Studies Curriculum, Alyssa Denise Hernández

Capstone Projects and Master's Theses

Traditional social studies curriculum in the K-12 system focuses on United States history through a Eurocentric lens. The issue with focusing on a black-and-white version of history impacts people of color from ethnic backgrounds that are not equally represented in the curriculum. The research conducted for this project specifically focuses on the impact of this subject matter on individuals in a predominantly Latino community. Through surveys and interviews, the researcher presents feedback on the experiences of these individuals and provides possible solutions on how schools can improve social studies curriculum at the high school level to be more culturally relevant …

Farley, Seth Thomas, Jr., 1917-1999 (Mss 617), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 617. Correspondence, documents, news clippings and ephemera from Seth Thomas Farley, Jr., a life-long educator. This collection includes a good deal of information about Farley’s teaching career prior to his work as a professor at WKU, his involvement in organizations that fought alcoholism and gambling (particularly the lottery in Kentucky), his church work, and his service on a committee to choose a federal magistrate for the western district of Kentucky. The collection includes an entire box of assessment related material related to Fort Knox Dependent Schools in the mid-1960s.

Interview Conducted By Joseph Carl Ruff With Herbert Alexander Oldham (Fa 166), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

FA Oral Histories

Transcription of an interview conducted by Joseph Carl Ruff with Herbert Alexander Oldham on 15 May 1993 in Bowling Green, Kentucky. They discuss African American education in Bowling Green, Kentucky, integration, and segregation. They also discuss Oldham's education at St. Augustine College in Raleigh, North Carolina, his teaching career and education administration positions in Bowling Green, his family background, and his experiences as an African American youth in Bowling Green.

Challenges Before Traditional Media In The Age Of Digital Media-How To Integrate It With Digital Media-The Way Ahead, Ratnesh Dwivedi Mr

Ratnesh Dwivedi

You may have heard of digital media, but you may have no idea what it is and how it can help you out when it comes to marketing. It's definitely important that you get up to speed so you can use this to benefit your business. Basically digital media refers to any type of electronic media out there. Today media can be accessed in many ways, including with hand held devices like mobile phones, laptops, desktops, mp3 players, and more.Digital media must be stored in an electronic way, so there is a lot of digital content on the internet today, …

Ua1b2/1 Integration At Western Kentucky University, Jason Brown

Student/Alumni Personal Papers

A brief overview of the integration process at WKU, includes some newspaper clippings and primary source materials.

Enseigner La Littérature Francophone : À La Recherche De La Banalisation, Cilas Kemedjio

Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature

The emergence of francophone literatures as a field that is increasingly taught in departments of French has led to the creation of numerous positions dedicated to this area. The natural question that specialists face is how to devise strategies to develop and entrench this new discipline in American universities, concerned as they are with budgetary issues. The present study argues that only the constant search for cooperation between Francophonie and related academic fields will facilitate its institutionalization.

Integration And Athletics: Integrating The Marshall University Basketball Program, 1954-1969, George M. Reger

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

In 1954, Marshall College followed the national law that banned segregation in the school systems of the United States. The law included the integration of athletic programs. While only a small part of the process, athletic programs often presented integration on a more visible stage than the integration of classrooms.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 49, No. 12, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Mcdaniel, Mike. Open (Closed?) Housing Affects WKU
• Wilkerson, Larry. Political Independents Vie for City Commission Seats
• Irving Levine to Speak Here on Europe of 1970’s
• National Ballet Company to Perform Here Tonight
• Wilkerson, Larry. John Cooper May be Campaigning for Governorship After All
• Catacombs Hosts Halloween Bash
• High Court Hits School Stalling - Desegregation
• UNICEF Spooks College to Help Less Fortunate
• United Givers Fund Effort Deserves Community Support
• Sullivan, Marta. Nixon Calls for Revamping of Draft, Drug Laws
• McDaniel, Mike. Judge Judged as Rushee
• UNICEF …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 46, No. 12, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Regular features include:

• Clubs Calendar
• WKU and Me
• Alumni News
• Coming Events Calendar
• Toppertalk
• West on Western Sports
• Activity Almanac
• Dear Mom

This issue contains articles:

• Walters, Sandra. Award-Winning Author to Address Campus February 7 – Pearl Buck
• Record Enrollment Expected for University Spring Term
• Attendance Board Sees No Immediate Changes
• Agriculture Department Gets $10,000 Holstein Bull
• Marks Released in Ballroom Starting Feb. 1
• 2,846 Toppers from Jefferson, Warren Counties
• Climate Advantages for Relations Program
• Story Advising Freshmen Reprinted Elsewhere
• Scholarship Established by Gordon Smith & Company
• Federal Exams …

The Ursinus Weekly, March 16, 1964, Sharon E. Robbins, Carl F. Peek, John Bradley, James Hake, Mary Ann Wuenschel, Robert Livingston, Craig Garner

Ursinus Weekly Newspaper, 1902-1978

Campus Chest set to begin April 6: Shorb and Riley Committee heads • Concert season begun by UC Meistersingers: Group will tour New York state • Noss, theologian & author, will speak here Wednesday • History students will hear Bohl at Wednesday tea • Jeanne Dawson crowned prom queen; Cub and Key taps seven junior men • Three co-eds make US lacrosse team: Great Britain scene of games • Mass meeting of students planned for Wednesday • Group organizes fund campaign; Will defray cost for Ursinus girls on lacrosse team • WSGA approves rule change • Ursinus receives Gulf Oil …

Ua3/3/1 Correspondence Re: Minorities, James Pope, Kelly Thompson, Wku President's Office

WKU Archives Records

Correspondence between Kelly Thompson and James Pope of the Louisville Courier-Journal regarding the racial makeup of the student body and faculty in 1961 and 1963.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 32, No. 14-Z284, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

Regular features include:

• Looking Backward
• Hilltopics
• Kentucky Building News
• Alumni News
• Library Notes
• Faculty Notes
• Musical Notes
• Weddings & Engagements
• Religious News

Articles in this issue:

• Sagabiel, Jack. 190 Will Receive Degrees Friday
• Seniors Present Memorial – Paul Garrett Portrait
• Students, School Groups Honored on Awards Day
• Luncheon Slated for 1 PM Friday – WKU 50^th Anniversary
• H.B. Gray, Part Time Western Instructor Dies
• Dr. H.L. Stephens Speaks at Iva Scott Banquet
• Let’s Go Swimming
• A Graduation Question – editorial
• A Great Loss to Western – H.B. Gray …